Officer Adam Stoddard with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is caught on tape stealing a document from the defense attorney's files behind her back, then hands the document to deputy Francisco Campillo to make photocopies!

In my opinion documents on the defense attorneys own table are only for the defense attorney and nobody else. Looks like there are three criminals in the court﻿ room.

This is the original video, as obtained by freelance journalist Nick Martin.

Posted Nov-5-2009 By

24038462

Wow!
That "judge" is overwhelmed by her duties and needs to get a handle on her courtroom.
I think if this would have happened in a judge Judy or similar personality, the judge would have stoped the procedings mid sentence and asked the deputies who the f**k they thought they were. LOL!

Posted Nov-5-2009 By

alchemy

In my country the attorney-client privilege actually means something. The prosecution is not even allowed to examine the data on your cell phone if you state that you recorded a conversation with your attorney on it. In the USA an officer can take a hand writen letter between the defense attorney and her client and make photocopies of it? What a joke!

Posted Nov-5-2009 By

OmegaGuardian

Lol this must be the only country in the world where a security guard can go rifling through and taking court papers without anyone batting an eyelid or challenging him! This would be absolutely unheard of in a British court. The beak would have none of that, lol.

ian_cognito

Posted Nov-5-2009 By

towgod19

California sheriff's & their deputies are among the lowest scum on Earth in my opinion. I think the only reason the Fed's haven't taken them all down is because that would not leave enough law enforcement on the job. It use to be 'One bad apple doesn't ruin the bunch'. Nowadays the recruits are the only 'good' apples and they will soon spoil in the 'bad bunch'. There is no hope for California... other than an armed uprising. But I have little hope of that since the state is banning the More..2nd Amendment as fast as it can pass legislation!Less..

Another_Devils_Advocate

Posted Nov-21-2009 By

KaaaBOOM

Whoops! This is why I should not surf the web way after my proper bedtime. I misread and thought this took place in Mariposa County (CA). I apologizes to to the fine outstanding Deputies seen in this video, and all those like them representing Maricopa County, (AZ), however, I stand by my opinion of those in CA.